Dive Instructor Development Course – IDC

Koh Tao in Thailand is the most successful dive training location in the World! Join our PADI Dive Instructor Development Course (IDC) Koh Tao Program at Sairee Cottage Diving and be part of one of the fastest growing Dive Centers in Asia! The PADI IDC is the heartbeat of the PADI system. It’s one of the most rewarding experiences of your life and success on the program, will open up a world full of opportunities for you as a PADI professional. Your future career will take you to the most beautiful places in the world, a job that most people only dream of!

PADI’s Dive Instructor Development Course (IDC) Koh Tao is the final step of the PADI Dive Instructor training process. During the PADI IDC at Sairee Cottage Diving, you’ll learn how to utilize and adapt the PADI system of diver education to best meet your student divers individual needs. Whether you’re in the classroom, confined water or conducting an open water presentation, you’ll learn the best techniques and real life teaching tips using the latest PADI multimedia and training aids.

During our IDC, we aim to offer you exceptional training from PADI Course Director Marcel van den Berg. Our 14 day program allows us flexibility and time to focus on your professional development as a PADI Dive Instructor. You’ll get the individual attention you’ll need to become a successful PADI pro, not only on Koh Tao, but World Wide!

Marcel van den Berg has created an IDC program that goes well beyond the minimum standards, with extra lectures, more topics and more real life training to ensure that you will have a fantastic and successful career in the Dive Industry.

Included Sairee Cottage Diving IDC EXTRA’s

Free Accommodation during your IDC, MSDT and Internship course

Free O2 Provider Dive Instructor course

Sairee Cottage Diving IDC T-Shirt and Mask Strap

Free PADI backpack

20 free fun dives to use before and after you IDC

200 THB fun dives (cost price) for the rest of your life!

Fun dives are true fun dives and not "Working Dives"

Free Lunch for the duration of your IDC course

Free Sairee Cottage Diving IDC Dry Bag

Free Eco Conservation Program and Lectures

Extra personal lessons if needed

Unique designed Preparation materials for you to study before arrival

Discount on Dive Equipment

Unique How to teach the best night dive experience workshop!

Private IDC Dive training Boat to go to any dive location on Koh Tao at relaxed times

Unique designed Fish Identification Day

USB with 19 GB of extra teaching tools for you to use during and after the IDC

50% Discount on our Local Gym & Fitness

Your PADI Course Director

Platinum PADI Course Director / EFR Dive Instructor Trainer #492721

"Let me introduce myself; my name is Marcel van den Berg. I’m originally from the Netherlands and now living in Thailand for almost a decade. In 2003, I decided to take a diving course to experience the hype that everyone was talking about. It only took me 20 minutes on my first Open Water dive to realize that you can have fantastic career in this amazing underwater realm. From that moment on, I actively pursued my career in diving.

I hold a tremendous passion towards diving which I could share to others during my teaching and turning thousands of students into divers. It didn’t take long to decide to advance in my career and continued my education towards Course Director and Specialty Dive Instructor Trainer. Within the first year I achieved Platinum Status from PADI and kept that until this Day. Now I’m able to teach the success I had to new Divemasters and Dive Instructors and I look forward to share my passion and success in Diving with you!

Come and join us for your IDC at Sairee Cottage Diving and let me teach you an award winning program that far exceeds the minimum standards of the dive industry”

Co-Creator of the Project AWARE Presentation for Dive Instructor Development 2013

Received Many Project AWARE awards

What will I do?

Sairee Cottage’s IDC is divided into four distinct segments.

A 6-day PADI Assistant Diving Instructor (AI) course. This also includes 2 days of Dive Theory presentations as well as a skill circuit where we evaluate your skill set and knowledge before proceeding deeper into the IDC program.

A 5 day PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor (OWSI) course where we evaluate your ability to present in Confined Water, Open Water and in the classroom using the PADI system of Diver Education in the AI section of your IDC.

(Both courses must be completed successfully before attending the PADI IE.)

A 2 day MOCK Diving Instructor exam (MOCK IE) which allows us final evaluation of your capabilities as a soon to be PADI Dive Instructor.

The 3 dayPADI Diving Instructor Exam (IE). This is a standardized, objective evaluation conducted by Dive Instructor Examiners from one of the PADI Head Office’s Worldwide.

Our IDC’s are conducted over a 14 day extended time period, with a day off on completion of your AI. This 14 day period allows us plenty of time for individual attention and remediation.

Meaning, you get to do more than the bare minimum on your IDC’s. We’ll do additional Skill Circuits, Confined Water, Open Water and Academic Presentations. Workshops on CESA, Navigation, Descents, Search and Recovery (lift bags & Knots) and bring in real life examples of teaching in the real world. We not only aim to guide you to success on your IE, but also to become a confidant, knowledgeable and skilful Dive educator on completion of your IE.

This extra attention to detail and commitment to our IDC candidates means you’ll enter the Dive Instructor Exam feeling super confident of success not only on the IE but in your future as a PADI Professional.

PADI IDC - PRE REQUISITES

To join us on our Sairee Cottage IDC you should:

Hold a PADI Divemaster or Assistant Dive Instructor qualification with current membership of PADI, or an equivalent leadership level certification with another training organization

Have proof of 60 logged dives

Have medical clearance of fitness to dive, signed by a doctor within the past 12 months

Hold proof of first aid/cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training within the last 24 months

Have been a certified diver (Open Water Diver course or equivalent) for at least six months

Be at least 18 years old

To join an IE, in addition to the above you must have proof of a minimum of 100 logged dives, and have successfully completed the Dive Instructor Development Course (IDC).

How to Prepare for your PADI IDC

By preparing thoroughly in advance, you will benefit most from your IDC, and avoid feeling overloaded. Before starting the IDC, we recommend that you:

Purchase all required materials

Familiarize yourself with the PADI Dive Instructor Manual and the Guide to Teaching

Revise the five theory topics (Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Dive Skills and the Environment, Recreational Dive Planner), using the Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving and Diving Knowledge Workbook, or enroll online for Dive Theory eLearning. As this is not part of the IDC Curriculum, a good understanding of Dive Theory is necessary. We will be evaluating you in this area throughout your IDC, and remediating where necessary, so please come prepared.

Make sure you have the latest version of the PADI Dive Instructor Manual or update yours with the latest Training Bulletins. You would of received an Dive Instructor Manual with your Divemaster Crewpak. As well, if you’ve set yourself up an account, you can download the most current version from the PADI pro site.

The Sairee Cottage Diving IDC Course will give you amazing personal attention, real life teaching experiences, eco conservation, advanced risk management, extra help finding jobs and so much more extra training to ensure your success in your new diving career. This is the price for the IDC course with us on Koh Tao:

Being a PADI MSDT MASTER SCUBA DIVER TRAINER means you students will be able to learn from an expert in that particularly PADI Specialty Course. You are able to train student divers so they can reach the pinnacle certification in recreational diving.

This course starts with the PADI Specialty Dive Instructor Course where you learn how to plan, conduct and market PADI Specialty courses in at least 5 different areas. We cover knowledge development and course standards specific to the areas you choose. Candidates are also required to present sections of the Academic’s in the classroom, participate in in-water workshops as well as Open water teaching presentations.

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You need a minimum of 5 specialties instructor ratings for MSDT, but as a Sairee Cottage Diving promotion we offer to teach you 8 specialties for the same price as 5 specialties. These are the specialties that we will teach you:

PADI Enriched Air Specialty Dive Instructor

PADI Deep Diver Specialty Diving Instructor

PADI Wreck Specialty Dive Instructor

PADI Oxygen Provider Instructor

PADI Night Diver Specialty Dive Instructor

PADI Navigation Diver Specialty Diving Instructor

Project AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty Diving Instructor

Project AWARE Marine Conservation Specialty Dive Instructor

To be able to send in your application for these specialties you need to have proof of experience of 10 dives in your logbook for that field. If you do not have these dives then you can get that extra experience with us. Please let us know if you have any questions about this.

To achieve the full MSDT rating, you need to get 5 PADI specialty ratings and certify 25 students for any PADI course. You can get these 25 certifications by teaching independently after the MSDT course anywhere in the world. Once you have achieved the 25 certifications you can then apply directly to PADI for the MSDT rating. In the mean time you are already allowed to teach the specialties.

Please check out our most populair Instructor Career Package, that will give you the best chance of getting a fantastic Dive Instructor job after completion:

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Instructor Dive Equipment Packages

Start your new dive career straight away with a brand new set of Professional Dive Gear. We are proud to present the Diving Instructor Silver and Gold Dive Equipment Packages that include everything you need to start your career in the best way possible. During our PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC), Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) and Instructor Internship course, we do offer to lend you our shop equipment for free. However it will always be more comfortable and convenient to have your own equipment; and if you want to work in the dive industry, staff have to have their own kit as a rule in nearly all dive companies.

At Sairee Cottage Diving we offer 2 packages to suit different budgets:

The Silver Dive Equipment Package – a very affordable way to kick-start your new endeavor

The Gold Dive Equipment Package for those who want more luxurious and high-end dive equipment.

We also offer separate Scuba Pro Wetsuits and Suunto Dive Computers.

Whilst most of the time you can comfortably dive in a “rash guard” on Koh Tao, for a few months a year (between November and January) the water temperature usually gets a bit chillier. For this reason we recommend a 3mm Scuba Pro Thermal Tec Wetsuit. This wetsuit will be good for most tropical dive locations around the world.

We can also supply Dive Torches. These are be very handy when in reduced visibility and they really bring out the colours on those Amazing Night Dives or Wreck penetrations.

There is a 15% discount included in these dive gear packages if you pre-order any piece of dive equipment online.